The Seahawks on Thursday announced signing Justin Veltung, who played wide receiver and returned kicks for the Vandals the past four years. He joins a crowded roster of receivers and will compete for a spot on the team during training camp this summer.

“He’s a smart guy,” receivers coach Kippy Brown told Seahawks.com after rookie camp May 10 through 12. “He knows what to do. He doesn’t make very many mistakes, and so far he’s been real reliable catching the football.”

Veltung is 5-foot-10, 183 pounds and ran the 40-yard dash in 4.46 seconds at Idaho’s Pro Day. He also has a heckuva vertical leap, measured at 41.5 inches at his Pro Day — and on display in the video embedded below.

In four years with the Vandals, he returned kickoffs for 1,743 yards and two touchdowns, adding 218 yards and two more touchdowns on punt returns. As a wide receiver, he put up 898 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in those four years, and also had 111 rushing yards and a TD on the ground.

His most productive year, according to his stats, was 2010 when he was a sophomore. Veltung caught 35 passes for 497 yards and eight touchdowns, and added 72 rushing yards and one TD on seven carries. That was his only season in which he scored while on offense.

Veltung attended Seattle’s rookie minicamp earlier this month, and one of a few players who stood out to head coach Pete Carroll.